South Beach and The Goose Chase

Well the Greenwood Village Goose Chase is here. I hope my body will work like I want it to, but I will be happy if I just get through it. The Goose Chase is a funny sort of ride, no stress, no high mileage, just a fun time. There will be some elite athletics both running and biking as well as the people that have never attempted an organized ride, like my son and I last year. Good place to start and a good place to come back to.

My diet is still going, my energy is still missing, but improving. The old muscles hurt really badly but it is improving. “Kid Doc” told me to pick up a powered energy drink mix so I had a talk with my favorite people at Bike Source. They suggested a couple brands for riding and dieting and I picked up some with some little gummy bear energy shot chewable items. If I thought they worked well or knew they did not I would mention them by name. Right now I feel my body is getting accustom to the diet and compensating, throw in a very low sugar drink mix and candy caffeine and you have a combination that has let me throw together a couple of good rides. I’m sorer than I can remember being, have some pain I haven’t felt before but I do have some more energy. With the drink and super gummy bears, I have managed to get in a couple of 20 plus mile rides in. I also was talked into actually get up at 5:15 a.m., remember I’m retired, to take a group ride in a group that had never ridden together. Good time, really good time, I had forgotten how beautiful early mornings are. I hurt but riding in a group you push a little harder which is a good thing. I hung in there for about 3 miles then stopped for my son who was in the front with the leader but pulled over to check a noise. I just could not keep up after that but ended up not that far back. The great group stopped and waited for me a few times but that gave everyone the chance to get to know each other which was a good thing. I did get my average speed out of the sickly 11 mph range, not back to the 13 range but for now I’ll take the 12’s.

Saturday my boy and I will have a successful 30 mile Goose Chase, take in an evening Rockies Baseball game and sleep well.

As far as the diet results go, “Kid Doc” was correct, I have lost 11 lbs in 11 days and my blood sugar levels down about 15 points in the same time. Fathers Day I get to add some fruit, certain starches and cereals so I foresee a great week coming up.


Till Next Time
Ride Hard, Ride Safe, But Ride

“G”